David Gordon,
cardiovascular pathologist at Parke-Davis and adjunct associate
professor of pathology, explains some of the models in the plastination lab
to Scotty Greene (center), a student at West Middle School, and Eric
Chanowski, and Ypsilanti High School student. The HOPE program
is designed to introduce underrepresented minority students to the skills
necessary in the health care field and to keep their interest level high.
Photo by Paul Jaronski

Snap Shots

Seeing It Through at Museum of Art showcases
faculty artists

Team work and the inspiration and artistry of School of Art and Design
(SoAD) lecturer Michael Kapetan took the artists first flimsy pencil
sketch to a monumental working artifact of earth, plants and stone.

Kapetans analemmatic sundial, installed at the official
residence of the Vice President of the United States is represented in a
wood model (above), photos and text on display at the Museum of Art as part
of the display of works by SoAD faculty members. The exhibition,
Seeing it Through continues until July 3.

With the help of U-M computer designers; granite fabricators in Cold
Spring, Minn.; astronomers at the Naval Observatory; and masons and gardeners,
Kapetans sundial rests just a few dozen yards from the Nations
atomic clock, which is accurate to the nanosecond.

Kapetans piece brings the human back into the time machine by
having a person step on the granite date scale at the approximate current day
of the year. 'Then, says the artist, as they feel the sun on
the
back of their shoulders, they see their own shadow mark the hour of
the day. Photo by Rebecca A. Doyle

Artists childhood fascination with bread leads to career

When I
was a
kid, I used to get in trouble for playing with my bread, says
Sadashi Inuzuka, assistant professor of art. 'I would hide it in my
pocket
until after dinner and press it between my fingers until it turned back
into dough, until it turned black.

This early fascination with bread turned into a love of clay, as the artist finds both bread and clay share many of the same qualities and processes.

'I especially like the play of meaning in bread, he says, Ćof
live culture, social culture, nourishment, decay. I wonder if my parents
were here to see this work, if I would still get in trouble.

Inuzukas 'Bread is part of Seeing it Through,
an
exhibition of works by faculty artists from the School of Art and Design, on
view at the Museum of Art until July 3. Photo by Rebecca A. Doyle

Rescue effort a success: Everythings just ducky

Mother duck waddled off happily after Department of Public Safety (DPS)
officers rescued her brood from inside a North Campus sewer grate where they
had fallen last week. Workers who saw the duck running back and forth called
DPS and loaned them equipment to dip out the ducklings. Once removed from
the storm drain, the ducklings happily followed their mother back into the
brush. Photos courtesy Officer Pat Alessi, DPS